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Health / Policy / Politics / Social care

A refreshing prescription for the NHS – and for politics

Published by The i paper (16th May, 2022) Jeremy Hunt does not hide his ambition, admitting that he does not rule out another tilt at the top job […]

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Health / Policy

Another death, this time a friend’s son, highlights the need for an urgent review of psychiatric services

Published by The i paper (2nd May, 2022) More than three decades ago I joined The Sunday Times in the wake of the Wapping dispute, which broke the stranglehold of […]

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Defence / Europe / Policy / Russia / Ukraine

Russian invasion will drive more nations to seek weapons of mass destruction

Published by The i paper (28th March, 2022) The town of Slavutych was the Soviet Union’s attempt to atone for the world’s worst nuclear disaster by carving out […]

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Europe / Immigration / Policy / Ukraine

Blitz spirit that puts Britain to shame

Published by The i paper (14th March, 2022) One night last week I found myself without anywhere to stay. This was unsurprising: I was in a city in […]

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China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / World

So why did the science establishment try so hard to silence those who feared Covid leaked from a Chinese lab?

Published by The Daily Mail (12th January, 2022) Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the world-famous Wellcome Trust, has condemned the policy failures of politicians in the pandemic while […]

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Drugs / Policy / Politics

Starmer and the futile ‘war on drugs’

Published by The i paper (10th January, 2022) Wes Streeting, the shadow Health and Social Care Secretary, offered intriguing insights into the latest model of the Labour Party. […]

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Policy / Social care

Social care crisis spinning out of control

Published by The I paper (22nd November, 2021) We can see clearly the shape of  Boris Johnson’s premiership after 28 months – and it is not the prettiest […]

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Feature / Health / Policy

The ugly truth about psychiatric care

Published by The i paper (15th November, 2021) It is more than three years since I wrote an angry piece in this publication telling the tale of a […]

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Belarus / Europe / Germany / Immigration / Poland / Policy

A grotesque game of human ping-pong

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th November, 2021) We met deep inside Europe’s last remaining primeval forest, where bison and wolves roam beneath ancient towering oaks. ‘I […]

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Crime / Policy / Politics

It’s vital we protect the soul of our democracy

Published by The Daily Mail (16th October, 2021) Yet again, Britain shudders in collective shock as a Member of Parliament is slaughtered while doing their job. I do […]

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Crime / Policy

Men: this is not just a women’s issue

Published by The i paper (4th October, 2021) When Sajid Javid was interviewed over the weekend about the hideous Sarah Everard case, he delivered the classic political response […]

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Disability / Health / Policy

A stealthy new age of eugenics

Published by The i paper (27th September, 2021) Heidi Crowter is 26 years old, married last year and is full of life. She loves music and follows Liverpool […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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